Folding casket-pedestal.



No. 780,577. PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

- H. L. RAWSON.

FOLDING GASKET PEDESTAL.

APPLIOATIQH FILED 001'. a, 1904.

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Patented January 24, 1905.

PATENT ()EEIcE.

HUBER L. RAWSON, OF QUINCY, MICHIGAN.

FOLDING CASKET-PEDESTAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,577, dated January 24, 1905.

Application filed October 3, 1904:. Serial No. 226,938.

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBER L. RAwsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Quincy, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Casket-Pedestals; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artlto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

-My invention relates to trucks or pedestals of the class more especially adapted for use in the show-rooms of undertaking establishments for supporting and displaying caskets; and it has for its object the provision of a casket truck or pedestal that is simple and cheap in its construction, easily movable from place to place,v and capable, when not in use, of being foldedinto a'compact'form.

' The invention is fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention in set-up position, and Fig. 2 is a view of the same in folded position.

Referring to the drawings, A and B represent the two end standards or supports of my pedestal, each of which comprises the two vertical legs or supports a, the transverse spacing-strips I) b, the said strips being rigidly secured to the legs a in any suitable manner.

The end standards A and Bare spaced a desired distance apart and connected by the diagonally-crossed bracing rods or stripsG O and D D, the strips (1 0 being 'disposed between the strips D D and having their ends pivotally secured by bolts or screws d to the inner sides of the legs a; of the standards A and B at their lower-and upper portions, respectively, and the strips D D having their ends pivoted to the outer sides of the legs a by bolts or screwse in reverse position to that of the strips C (l. The standards A and B are rigidly retained in vertical parallel position by means of the locking-rod f, passing through transversely-alining apertures provided in said bracing-strips at their crossingpoints, as shown in Fig. 1. The rod f has one end bent at a right angle to its body portion and is locked against accidental withdrawal from the apertures by pressing the bent end within a hook it secured. in one of thestrips D. Pins or brads o' are secured to the capping-strips b of the standards A and B for engaging the under side of a casket when placed thereon and preventing it from lateral movement. The lower end of each leg is provided with a roller-caster to enable the pedestal to be readily moved from one place to another or easily turned around for the purpose of display.

In the folding operation of my pedestal the rod f is removed from the position shown in Fig. 1 and the lower portions of the standards caused to collapse inwardly, so that the casters thereof point toward each other when the pedestal is in folded position,.as shown in Fig. 2. The pedestal is then locked in this position by inserting the rod f through the apertures g in the outer braces D D and the apertures g in the inner braces G C, the latter apertures being brought in transverse alinement with the former by the folding process. The positioning of the bracing-rods C C and .D D, as above described, enables said rods when folded to lie in parallel position and the connected standards A and B to lie in longitudi'nally-alining position with respect to prising two end standards, diagonally crossed braces having pivotal connect-ion with each standard, and means for rigidly locking said braces to retain said standards in vertical parallel position.

2.'An article of the class described, comprising two standards having spaced legs, a

engaging an object placed thereon, crossed bracing-rods pivotally connecting diagonally I5 opposite portions of said standards, and means for locking said standards in either set-up or folded positions.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence 20 of two subscribing witnesses.

HUBER L. RAWSON.

. Witnesses:

W. GLENN CoWnLL, W. H. LOCKERBY. 

